Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-03
STUCK BY HIS SHIP.
A Burning Vessel Brought
Into Port.
A CAPTAIN WHO DID HIS DUTY
The Other Side Of a Story Told BY
n Pilot of Seanfy Courage but
Brilliant Imagination.

s.Have You read tina. highly sensa.
tional adventure OF Pilot Mayois on the
burning AID giant powder laden ship.
publishsd in one Of your morning con-
seuporaries last Sunday said a gentle
man largely interested IN shipping - an
AIta reporter yesterday.
Il have" was the reply. '.What
about it,"
There are two sides to that STORY,
and if you would ike 70 have the otfiss
side can introduce You to the very
captain that commanded the hell ariOzt.
about winch Mayo spoke 50 thrillingly.
He Is, as it happens. nOw IN PORT, and
will tell you the whole stury exactly an
ii occurred II will be a plain. unxzr-
nished tale, and "A he Is An honest and
truthful man, to my certain knowledge.
you can rely implicitly On his v.zzion of
the affair a. the only true one.
Captain Charles Andisrsen, the skipper
to. was soon found, and ON
being asked TO give the stcry, readiiy
agreed
YES said he, 81 have seen the
pilots story Il Is very Tar on tha
truth, in.snuet as it says nothing
against the pilot and everything against
me. Before telling you tine story III our
experisnee, 1 want 10 say Iuss two
things TO SET me right win tnOs4 that
don't know me. The pilut says | am
thisk-set, stupidlooking and a German.
and he says that / am red-faced. ami
that asked him to have sumo whisky
on board the vessel Whether l zrn
stupid looking CT not msy 0e = matter
of opinion, and perhaps Mayo Is g Judge
of such things, hut l was not, ar any
rate. stupid enough to abandon my ship..
a. the captain CT the Parallel did. nor
was 80 stupid az to .endanger the lives
Of my passengers. for 1 put them an
bearo another ship the very trsS cnance
1 got after / found the cargo WAS IN are-
Ii sticking to my ship and saving the
property u my owners and protesting
the interests of the underwriters De
marks Of stupility. then plead guilty.
II it be inplIsd by the epltilrt resI-;aczd
and the atem-nE that offered Mayo a
drink Of whisky, that l am sGrunkard.
the charge i false. as any one wnn has
known me curing the tSenty-swo years
have been On this coast II command on
vessels can readily testify. Moreover, L
solennly assert that iia not Offer Mayo
a drink statement winch Is 1OTle
cut by the fact that both the cabin saC
foreeastle doors were bsttensi ss closely
a. the hstcnways, and could not have
offered hum nor any one On h1srSi any
thing of the sort Il l had wanted III.
though he certainly needed II III giya
him Dutch courage
The vessel referred to Was the Ha-
wziian brig Violet. We sailed frum sals
sort October Il, lS.S. Tor HOEalUlu-. On
sne day after, TIRE Was discovered II tle
forshold, and L immediately went ta
work with all ha1els u break cut CARO-
80 as TO get as the fire, but finding Il IN.
possible To stay IN tie nOid, Oslng 10
the chemical smoke. 0plersd every
thing 10 be bz,teaed dawn tigns. ansi we
squared away far the nearest land. Il
heavy southeast gale was blowing Al
the tlne. At 10 0icIoSk In the morning
OF the s@He day the main hAtcll blew on
and went clean overheard. / inEesll-
a-ely put new topsaI over the haEUi.-
Nay. No other explosions occurred.
and 1t P. NJ. we made the land, and al
the same tune sighted the United States
nan-oi-w ar Tuscarura- Seeing our sly
nails of distress, the latter vessel came
TO our assistance, and | told the c1m-
mznder precisely what my situation Was.
/ asked him 10 take my Passengers
abroad, and he Gid 30. He also. II my
request, ssnt an officer ashore a. Hall
Iuon Bay, where we anchored fCr t1le
night IN company, with u dispatch 10 be
sent to san Francisco for tug-bOat. The
dispatch being unanswered. tine Tuscaro-
IA took us IN tow aad brought Us u Ile
entrance of the haroor, wnere We met
the pilot boat Mayo offered his ser.
vices, bat / at first dsclined them. The
commander of the TUscarura, hOwsysr.
persuaded me that ii would be better II
case Of accident 10 take pilot On board.
and If did not 10 50 ne would have IN
let 20 my RawSer; 50 / told Mayo III
come On board / informed him 6efUre
he did so that had tlre IN the h0Ii, anu
that / had explosives In my cargo. He
showed considerable reluctance ID step
On board He suggested that should
hriile the hawser 10 the ship that was
towing Us, then leave my vessel, go On
board the pilot boat and follow her into
port. Or course. 1 promptly declined to
leave my ship. He thursupon walked
aft and took his seat upon tina taffrail.
with hls legs dangling out1O1rd. S0
thoroughly searsd Was he at thar
time thar / am satisfied that If
any one had stamped his fu0t On
the deck he would have taken hezdsr
overheard He remained IN rhnt SOME
what prudent but not very picturesque
position until the ting Donald came near
Iy alongside, when ne took the biggest
Jump i ever sAw man take TO h0arzi
another vessel From the tug he shout
ed for a long havser. 80 that they might
get far enough ahead 10 be well out of
danger, and left the red faced, ssuuHI.
looking German" and mis- crew to Iouk
after the interests of the owners snd un-
derxritsrs a. best they might.
After we towed the burning Violet
into 4 place of safety and got the tire
quenchei by the Efficient aid of the 1re.
boat, Captain Wells. of the Union In
surance Company. took me on shore ansi
gave ms the first meal Of victuals han
eaten tor two days. owing To the doars
beng battened.
THAT Is the whole stnry, lust as the
events occurred. and. u "A stlpii- look.
ing German. is does not seem AS II Can
tain Mayo ran any very great rssk IN tina
| circumstances, certainly not half 81
much az the Tasearora did when she lay
all night at anchor besides Us IN Half
Mocn Bay, and not \ tenth part what
nay brave crew did who ss0Od bv their
duty like brave men and never th0ught
Of taking the prseauti0n to dangle tleir
legs over the taffrail TO 0e ready fur a
Jump into the sea-